Sei sulla pagina 1di 3

10/17/2016

CDCDPDxHookwormImages

Hookworm
[Ancylostomabraziliense][Ancylostomacaninum][Ancylostomaduodenale][Necatoramericanus]

ParasiteBiology

ImageGallery

LaboratoryDiagnosis

TreatmentInformation

Clickonagroupofimagestoseelargerimagesandmoreinformation.

Hookwormeggs.

TheeggsofAncylostomaandNecatorcannotbedifferentiatedmicroscopically.Theeggsarethinshelled,colorless
andmeasure6075mby3540m.

FigureA:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount,takenat
400xmagnification.

FigureB:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount,takenat
400xmagnification.

FigureC:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount.

FigureD:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount.

FigureE:Hookwormeggina
wetmount.

FigureF:Hookwormegginawet
mountunderUVfluorescence
microscopyimagetakenat200x
magnification.

CollapseThisGroup

Hookwormrhabditiformlarva.

Rhabditiform(L1)larvaethathatchfromeggsare250300mlongandapproximately1520mwide.Theyhave
alongbuccalcanalandaninconspicuousgenitalprimordium.Rhabditiformlarvaeareusuallynotfoundinstool,but
maybefoundthereisadelayinprocessingthestoolspecimen.Iflarvaeareseeninstool,theymustbe
differentiatedfromtheL1larvaeofStrongyloidesstercoralis.

https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hookworm/gallery.html#inTissue

1/4

10/17/2016

FigureA:Hookwormrhabditiform
larva(wetpreparation).

CDCDPDxHookwormImages

FigureB:Hookwormrhabditiformlarva
(wetpreparation).

CollapseThisGroup

Hookwormfilariformlarva.

Infective,thirdstage(L3),filariformlarvaeare500600mlong.Theyhaveapointedtailandastriatedsheath.
TheseL3arefoundintheenvironmentandinfectthehumanhostbypenetrationoftheskin.

FigureA:Filariform(L3)hookwormlarva.

FigureB:Filariform(L3)
hookwormlarva.

FigureC:Filariform(L3)hookwormlarvainawet
mount.

FigureD:Closeupofthe
posteriorendofafilariform(L3)
hookwormlarva.

CollapseThisGroup

Adulthookworms.

Adulthookwormsresideinthesmallintestineoftheirhosts.Malesmeasureapproximately812mmlongandare
bursate,withtwospiculesthatdonotfuseattheirdistalends.Femalesmeasureapproximately1015mmlong.
Adultsofbothsexeshaveabuccalcapsulecontainingsharpteeth.

https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hookworm/gallery.html#inTissue

2/4

10/17/2016

FigureA:Adultworm
ofAncylostomaduodenale.
Anteriorendisdepictedshowing
cuttingteeth.

FigureC:Anteriorendofan
adultofAncylostomacaninum,a
dogparasitethathasbeenfound
toproduceararehuman
infectionknownaseosinophilic
enteritis.

CDCDPDxHookwormImages

FigureB:AdultwormofNecator
americanus.Anteriorendshowing
mouthpartswithcuttingplates.

FigureD:Anteriorendofan
adultfemaleAncylostomasp.

FigureE:Posteriorendofthe
wormseeninFigureD.

CollapseThisGroup

Hookwormsintissue,stainedwithhematoxylinandeosin
(H&E).
Adulthookwormsintissue,stainedwithhematoxylinandeosin(H&E).

FigureA:Longitudinalsectionof
anadulthookwormwormina
bowelbiopsy,stainedwithH&E.
Notetheoralcavity(OC)and
strong,muscledesophagus(ES).

FigureB:Crosssectionofan
adulthookwormfromthesame
specimeninFigureA.Shown
herearetheplatymyarian
musculature(MU),intestinewith
brushborder(IN),excretory
ducts(ED),andcoiledovaries
(OV).

FigureC:Anothercrosssection
ofthespecimeninFiguresAand
B.

CollapseThisGroup
https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hookworm/gallery.html#inTissue

3/4

Potrebbero piacerti anche